Millions of people around the globe spent some of their childhood watching Big Bird on Sesame Street. The giant, yellow eight-foot-two bird first debuted in 1969 and for decades, fans assumed they ...

There’s been a lot of lip flapping going on during the past month or so about Big Bird’s owner, Sesame Workshop.

Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the ...

Join Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from "Zhima Jie," the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together they take ... available in person at the ...

For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.

U.S.A.I.D. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame Street,” is confronting what executives have described as a “perfect storm” of problems. Credit...Mark Lennihan/Associated Press ...

As a kid, you likely spent a lot of time learning your ABCs from characters like Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo, and Oscar the Grouch. "Sesame Street" has been on the air since 1969, and has ...

Sesame Street is headed for a detour, but the path forward isn’t exactly clear. The long-running children’s show, which first introduced young audiences to Big Bird, Bert and Ernie in 1969 ...

Super7 is taking a stroll down Sesame Street with a new ReAction figure set with Big Bird and Snuffleupagus. These two are some of Sesame Street's most iconic characters, who have easily ...

There's a new documentary about Carroll Spinney, the puppeteer who played Big Bird ever since the character debuted on "Sesame Street" in 1969. The film, entitled "I Am Big Bird: The Carroll ...

Danielle, Este and Alana Haim are reinventing the alphabet song — with the Muppets of Sesame Street! The sister trio ... the ABCs alongside Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Burt, Ernie, Oscar ...

Big Bird (L) and other Sesame Street puppet charactors pose next to temporarty street sign November 9, 2009 at West 64th Street and Broadway in New York on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the ...